keith101

Unlike Trump Biden IS getting the best people for the job .

I was inside a 7 store the other day when a woman started to come in without a mask on and was quickly told to leave and get a mask before coming back , obviously didnt have one as she got on her motorbike and left .

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Typical discount fares from Phuket to Bangkok, usually less than 1,000 baht each way, are now selling for 3,000 – 5,000 per seat for the long weekend.

How unlike Thais to take advantage .

21 minutes ago, webfact said:

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank has intervened in the baht <THB=TH> because the currency has appreciated too fast and impacted exporters, the country's central bank governor said on Thursday.

So what has been done ? 

It might have something to do with testing less tha 1,000,000 people in a country of almost 70,000,000 and it seems most of the tests these days are on people returning to Thailand whereas most countries are testing their population .

Australia has only got just under 26,000,000 and have tested almost 10,000,000 .

The thing about expectations is they don't always come to fruition and is usually wishful thinking especially on TATs part as we have all seen to many times already .

Why would tourists come here if the BAHT is to high all over again which will reduce their ability to spend money .

The over valued baht will hit exports more as companies will not buy as much goods due to the poor exchange rate .

5 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

experimental vaccine is 90% effective at preventing COVID-19.

Not good enough they need to be 100% effective to be any good for everybody .

3 minutes ago, stevenl said:

You left out 'any,', which indicates no such allegations have been made yet.

I saw today that there claim in Michigan was based on a post-it note , how pathetic and childish .

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Biden's campaign said Barr was fueling Trump's far-fetched allegations of fraud.

Trumps going and so is Barr who should be investigated himself .

8 minutes ago, webfact said:

Chuan also said that the reconciliation panel would not consist of representatives from all sides of the conflict, as proposed by King Prajadhipok's Institute.

Very hard to achieve reconciliation if you don't include all parties in the process as those not included will continue to create the problems that your trying to solve .

                                                                                                                                                         What he is saying is that they are not important to him and therefore will not be included which is fairly typical thinking of a bureaucrat .

Maybe they should have worked with Embassy in Bangkok to have his body returned back to them for burial there which probably would have been much simpler than working with Thai bureaucracy here .

I dont know wide that road is but the appears from the photo to have been driving on the right hand side and probable cause . Thai people dont seem to be able to stay on their side of the road when going around bends especially blind bends .

My wife and i were coming back to the house after going to the market this morning and were almost hit by a pick up coming around a bend on our soi and i cursed the hell out of the driver only to be told it was a monk from the local temple . I again abused him and told her i didnt care what he was .

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

In the speech, Prayut said the country’s educational system was not bad, but it focused far too much on academics, when people should be educated about patriotism, history and loyalty.

No point in having an education system if you dont focus on academics , the others are a part of schooling and dont need to be the main thing .

The statement made about his successor shouldn't be to hard to achieve .

Sorry but i DONT believe brake failure but lack of concentration on the drivers part possible on the phone the trucks seems to new for that kind of problem .

But the BIB will more than likely not check to see if brake failure was the actual cause or indeed check his phone for use at the time of the accident .

5 minutes ago, webfact said:

Thaivisa notes that monks are supposed to shun earthly riches and desires, though this is not always the case in a country sometimes criticised for paying lip service to Buddhist precepts.  

So true you can always see them looking at and or buying new phones etc with most likely donation money .

By foreign investors they mean the Chinese right , especially in the telecom market where they try to take over .